What programs needed for graphic designer?

by admin on February 4, 2010

What programs do I need to learn in order to be a graphic designer? I will only do print. No webdesign.

Thank you!

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Victoria February 4, 2010 at 8:59 am: Photoshop or PSP.
Stelly February 4, 2010 at 9:44 am: Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, High-Speed Internet.
saraslol February 4, 2010 at 9:50 am: Defiantly photoshop and illustrator, you can use both for just about anything. Flash is also fun if you want to change it up a little with movement.
Kierra February 4, 2010 at 10:20 am: I am a graphic designer myself and I use a wide range of programs. You will basically need to know Illustrator and Photoshop. InDesign is also good to know. The majority of schools have stopped teaching QuarkXPress because InDesign has kind of made the QuarkXPress program pointless. Otherwise the other programs I use are Composer, Wasatch for printing to wide format printers. And I rarely use Flexi Sign Pro now. When you go to a college for graphic design they will teach you photoshop, illustrator, & indesign, pretty much all the adobe programs. The other ones I have listed you will probably learn when you get a job in the field, and the company will teach you them. Hope this helps. Just get good at photoshop and illustrator first and you have nothing to worry about.